oldbomber wrote:Thats pretty incredible in a small 6 team comp that only 3 teams are competitive year in year out over the last decade. Had a look on the sports TG website and if correct for some unknown reason loxton north and waikerie still get given 13 points and everyone else only get 15. The intent of the points system was meant to even out leagues over the years so how on earth the rest of the comp only gets 2 more points than the top teams is beyond me and would suggest it has not been implemented correctly for this league.
For example..in the mallee league BDT who have won nearly every premiership since they entered the league are now only allowed 5 points and finally as their strong list gets older they are coming back to the pack a bit. Last years wooden spooners were karoonda. They were given 22 points. They recruited well and returned to finals action for the first time in several years.
RMFL and GSFL would be another two solid examples i can think of where the points systems have been implemented successfully and provided a more even competition over the last 5 years anyway.
Would this help even out the RFL if implemented correctly? Maybe not for a year or two but i beleive it might help in the long term based on seeing its success in the previously mentioned leagues.
I agree to an extent. But in defence of those top 3, Waikerie this season only used 5points till mid way through & still only using 8points max. For the last 5-6 matches M.Spencley has been out & Waikerie only used 4points? I also think if you average out the points for each club used over the season, you'll find North & BMFC used less than Renmark & Berri.
We had Berri who for the first 5-6 games were maxing out on points but still getting done by 200+ points.
I think a lot of issues are deeper than points & money. If you can't retain locals, you're going to find it tuff.
I still think Berri will improve next season & Loxton have shown good signs of improvement aswell. As for Renmark, they knocked off both North & BMFC through out the season, not like they were that far behind.
I could be way off but that just my opinion, its hard to find that line. This is probably the first year the league has had 2 real strugglers in a while?